Chapter 170: Give Nuonuo a Sister

Yun Xiangye returned to the embroidery workshop.

As soon as I entered the room, I smelled an unpleasant smell of medicine. Gu Yan still looked like he was dying.

Xiao Nuonuo walked up to Gu Yan and said, "Daddy, I feel uncomfortable."

Gu Yan touched Nuonuo's face and said, "Daughters are indeed caring. Xiangye, let's have another daughter and give Nuonuo a younger sister."

"Are you out of your mind?" Yun Xiangye saw Gu Yan's pale face and thought that only a person with a burnt brain could say such a thing.

Nuonuo looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "I want a sister!"

"Mother, I want a younger sister."

"My sister is playing with Nuonuo."

Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "Perhaps it won't be long before you have a sister. Your aunt in the palace is already four months pregnant. Your cousin's mother is getting married today, so maybe she will get pregnant soon too."

Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "Jingyu checked my sister's pulse and it's the emperor's grandson, not my sister."

Yun Xiangye said: "This is good, my sister's position will be more stable."

Nuonuo held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Mother, sister..."

Yun Xiangye said: "It's not that easy to have a sister. Mother has to find you a stepfather before she can give you a sister."

Yun Xiangye thought that if Nuonuo wanted a younger sister, it would be fine to have another one. After all, the bloodline of the Yun family was weak.

She had also experienced the difficulty of finding a son-in-law to marry into the Yun family. If Nuonuo met a man she loved in the future who was unwilling to marry into the Yun family for her, having a younger sister would help her share some of the burden.

Gu Yan coughed and said, "Yun Xiangye, I'm not dead yet! If you just want to give Nuonuo a sister, why bother looking for another man? Wouldn't it be better to find me? I have the same father and mother as Nuonuo, and I can be as cute as Nuonuo.

It is said that a daughter resembles her father. If you find a man who is not as handsome as me, the daughter you give birth to will inevitably be extremely ugly.

The elder sister is so beautiful, if the younger sister is ugly, wouldn't she feel inferior?"

Yun Xiangye said: "I will naturally find a stepfather with an extremely handsome appearance for Nuonuo to be the biological father of her sister."

Gu Yan said without any modesty: "I just don't believe that you can find a man more handsome than me?"

Yun Xiangye said slowly: "Zhao Rui is on par with you..."

Gu Yan: "You dare? Cough, cough, cough."

Yun Xiangye made Gu Yan unhappy, and she felt very comfortable in her heart.

When Yun Xiangye was holding Nuonuo to coax her to sleep, Nuonuo kept saying that she wanted a younger sister. Yun Xiangye, who always granted Nuonuo's requests, said, "I don't have a younger sister."

Nuonuo pouted and looked very aggrieved, "You want a sister~"

Yun Xiangye said, "Nuonuo, go to sleep first."

Yun Xiangye had to spend a lot of time coaxing Nuonuo to sleep today. After putting Nuonuo down, Yun Xiangye glared at Gu Yan who was lying on the small couch.

Gu Yan said to Yun Xiangye, "You really don't want to consider giving birth to a sister for Nuonuo with me? After all, people with different fathers and different mothers cannot be blood relatives. Only people with the same father and the same mother are blood brothers."

Yun Xiangye said coldly: "You must have really gone crazy from the fever."

Gu Yan coughed and said, "If we have another child, he or she can also take your surname Yun. You know, I have never wanted to disappoint Nuonuo. Nuonuo is looking forward to having a sister so much, I can't let her be too disappointed."

Yun Xiangye frowned slightly and looked at Gu Yan.

Gu Yan said again: "After all, your Yun family has a weak bloodline. If you have any concerns, you and I don't need to get married."

Yun Xiangye said: "Don't think I don't know what evil plan you have. When you recover from your illness, you should go back to the Princess's residence immediately."

After Yun Xiangye finished speaking, she took down the bed curtain, blocking Gu Yan's sight.

Gu Yan has been recuperating in the embroidery workshop these days. Yun Xiangye is happy to let him take care of Nuonuo so that she can focus on business matters.

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching and the city of Chang'an is bustling with activity.

There were also dragon boat races in Chang'an City. On the Dragon Boat Festival, Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo to watch the dragon boat race.

In the afternoon, Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo back to the embroidery workshop and drew a Chinese character "王" with realgar wine. She put a sachet and a colorful rope on Nuonuo, and they had a very happy Dragon Boat Festival.

Only Yun Xiangye returned to the room and saw that Gu Yan had not left yet.

Yun Xiangye frowned and looked at Gu Yan and said, "You said you would leave on Duanwu."

Gu Yan said: "Isn't it the Dragon Boat Festival that hasn't even ended yet?"

Gu Yan stepped forward and picked up Nuonuo. Nuonuo smiled softly in Gu Yan's arms, "Daddy."

Yun Xiangye frowned and said, "Gu Yan, you can't go back on your words in front of the child."

Gu Yan said: "I understand. I will go back to the princess's mansion tomorrow."

Yun Xiangye then gave up.

Summer is here and the nights are very hot. Even with a fan, Yun Xiangye is still woken up by the heat after falling asleep.

Gu Yan sat on the small couch. Seeing Yun Xiangye waking up from time to time, he went to Yun Xiangye's side, took the fan from her hand and said, "Go to sleep. I'll fan you."

Since Gu Yan was willing to be a maid, Yun Xiangye did not hesitate to be polite to him. After all, Nuonuo was also sweating profusely while sleeping, and Yun Xiangye felt very distressed.

Gu Yan sat on the edge of the bed, slowly fanning the mother and daughter until late at night, when the weather gradually became cooler and they would no longer be woken by the heat, and then he put down the fan.

Gu Yan looked at Yun Xiangye's peaceful sleeping face through the dim candlelight, reached out and gently touched her temples. He did not leave until it was bright outside.

Yun Xiangye slept well that night. As soon as she got up, Run'er came in and said, "Miss, the Princess's residence sent two trucks of ice today. I have asked someone to put them in the basement. I don't know if the ice can be stored, but you and Nuonuo can sleep more comfortably at night."

Yun Xiangye looked at the small couch. Gu Yan was no longer there. She thought that it was the ice cubes that Gu Yan had brought.

In fact, Yun Xiangye had some impression of last night. Gu Yan fanned her and Nuonuo for two hours. His hands must have been too tired, so he brought the ice cubes.

Yun Xiangye asked someone to bring a piece of ice to the embroidery workshop to cool down the heat for the embroiderers.

It's just after the Dragon Boat Festival and it's not even June yet and it's already so hot. It's obvious that this summer is a bit unbearable.

The sun was very strong outside, so fewer people came to buy clothes. Even the rich girls in Chang'an were afraid to go out in the sun.

There are still many clothing orders in the embroidery workshop, and Yun Xiangye is not in a hurry to expand the business. She embroiders with the embroiderers every day, takes a nap with Nuonuo in the afternoon and then gets up to do the account books. In the evening, she takes Nuonuo to play in the yard, and occasionally goes to West Street to visit her uncle and aunt.

This was a peaceful day for Yun Xiangye, just like the time when she was back in Yongxing City.

I haven't seen Gu Yan for a long time.

In late May, Gu Yan came to visit again.

Yun Xiangye saw Gu Yan coming in his official uniform and asked, "Why are you here again?"

Gu Yan said: "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who summoned you to the Eastern Palace."

Yun Xiangye had not seen her sister since she divorced Gu Yan. Now that she was summoned to the East Palace, Yun Xiangye was afraid that something had happened to her sister. "But what happened to my sister?"

Gu Yan said: "It has been hot these past few days, and the Crown Princess has almost lost her appetite. The imperial doctors and chefs in the palace have tried their best, but the Crown Princess still vomits whatever she eats."

Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, how can you not eat when you are pregnant? I have to go and check on her."

Gu Yan took Yun Xiangye to the East Palace.

After entering the East Palace study, Yun Xiangye and Gu Yan bowed together.

Zhao Yun lowered his eyes to look at Yun Xiangye and said, "The Crown Princess has lost her appetite these past few days and has been vomiting a lot. I asked you to come to the palace because I want you to come to the East Palace and cook a few dishes from your hometown. Perhaps that will help whet the Crown Princess' appetite."

Yun Xiangye whispered, "But Your Highness, I don't know how to cook..."

Gu Yan also said, "Your Highness, Xiangye is a novice who only knows what is delicious but not how to cook. However, your aunt is a good cook. Why not let your aunt come to the East Palace to cook for the Crown Princess?"

Zhao Yun said, "That's fine, but the Crown Princess must not know about this."

Yun Xiangye had no choice but to frown, but knowing the prince's majesty, Yun Xiangye did not dare to show it much, so she had to go to West Street with Gu Yan.

On the way, Yun Xiangye looked at Gu Yan unhappily and said, "It's so hot, and my aunt is already quite old. You dare to ask her to come to the palace to cook."

Gu Yan said: "After all, the Crown Princess' health is the most important."

Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "That's right, but don't say that the Crown Princess has a poor appetite. Just say that the Crown Princess misses the simple food from her hometown."